GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| seemly | good-looking |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| amity | friendship |